Pselaphodes condylus Yin, Li & Zhao 2011

Yin, Zi-Wei, Li, Li-Zhen & Gu, Fu-Kang, 2012, Taxonomic study on the genus Pselaphodes Westwood (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Pselaphinae) from China. Part III, Zootaxa 3189, pp. 29-38 : 30

Pselaphodes condylus Yin, Li & Zhao 2011

Material examined (2 3, 7 ♀♀). 1 3, labelled ‘ CHINA: Guangxi Province / Xing’an County / Maoershan Mountain / 10.vii.2011, 2,000–2,140 m / Chen, Ma, Peng & Zhu leg.’; 2 ♀♀, same label data; 2 ♀♀, same label data, except ‘Zhong Peng leg’; 1 3, same label data, except ‘ 11.vii.2011, 2,000 m / W. J. He & L. Tang leg’; 1 ♀, same label data; 2 ♀♀, same label data, except ‘ 10.vii.2011, 2,100 m’

Diagnosis. Pselaphodes condylus can be separated from the other Pselaphodes species by the large body size (ca. 3.5 mm); robust male antennomere IX, with a distinct disc-shaped hump at the anteromesal margin; distinct spine pattern on legs, and broad and dorsally rightward-curved median lobe of the aedeagus.

Habitat. All specimens were sifted from a mixed leaf litter of a broad-leaved forest.

Distribution. Southwest China: Guizhou; South China: Guangxi